About Us

Delivering the aims of the revolution to the township.

Kasi — a colloquial derivative of the Afrikaans lokasie — is what South Africans call the township. Created by Acts of Parliament like the Group Areas Act of 1950, townships were engineered as controllable, under-resourced dormitory communities, far from economic opportunity.

They remain home to some of the deepest, most concentrated poverty in the country — yet also to powerful reserves of creativity and resistance. myKasi360° exists to unlock that potential.

We contend that urgent action and unrelenting effort must be directed towards a community-based approach to township development. So we designed the 360° Model — a comprehensive plan to galvanise the township's creative forces, putting the power to transform society into the hands of the community itself.

The 360° Model

Elite Education Access

Scholarships to elite institutions that build the social networks which change a young person’s odds in life.

Entrepreneurship Development

Creating the environment in which every township entrepreneur can succeed and thrive.

Impact Investment

Raising finance for enterprises that succeed while leaving a legacy of goodwill in their communities.

Action Research

Awakening communities to their challenges and their own transformative power.

The People

Led from inside the community

myKasi360° is led by people who know the township from the inside — community-development veterans, youth advocates, strategists and storytellers.

Meet the team →